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Job Description

Set up and operate a variety of machine tools to produce precision parts and instruments. Includes precision instrument makers who fabricate, modify, or repair mechanical instruments. May also fabricate and modify parts to make or repair machine tools or maintain industrial machines, applying knowledge of mechanics, mathematics, metal properties, layout, and machining procedures.

Job Details

The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 51-4041.00
The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 43,220.00
The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 20.00
Currently, there are 391,120 people on this job

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Machinists”.

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Tasks for “Tool and Die Machinist”

Check work pieces to ensure that they are properly lubricated or cooled.
Test experimental models under simulated operating conditions for purposes such as development, standardization, or feasibility of design.
Align and secure holding fixtures, cutting tools, attachments, accessories, or materials onto machines.
Set up or operate metalworking, brazing, heat-treating, welding, or cutting equipment.
Advise clients about the materials being used for finished products.
Evaluate machining procedures and recommend changes or modifications for improved efficiency or adaptability.
Confer with numerical control programmers to check and ensure that new programs or machinery will function properly and that output will meet specifications.
Support metalworking projects from planning and fabrication through assembly, inspection, and testing, using knowledge of machine functions, metal properties and mathematics.
Operate equipment to verify operational efficiency.
Design fixtures, tooling, or experimental parts to meet special engineering needs.
Prepare working sketches for the illustration of product appearance.
Fit and assemble parts to make or repair machine tools.
Lay out, measure, and mark metal stock to display placement of cuts.
Dispose of scrap or waste material in accordance with company policies and environmental regulations.
Study sample parts, blueprints, drawings, or engineering information to determine methods or sequences of operations needed to fabricate products.
Program computers or electronic instruments, such as numerically controlled machine tools.
Monitor the feed and speed of machines during the machining process.
Install repaired parts into equipment or install new equipment.
Diagnose machine tool malfunctions to determine need for adjustments or repairs.
Install experimental parts or assemblies, such as hydraulic systems, electrical wiring, lubricants, or batteries into machines or mechanisms.
Set up, adjust, or operate basic or specialized machine tools used to perform precision machining operations.
Calculate dimensions or tolerances, using instruments such as micrometers or vernier calipers.
Machine parts to specifications, using machine tools, such as lathes, milling machines, shapers, or grinders.
Confer with engineering, supervisory, or manufacturing personnel to exchange technical information.
Maintain machine tools in proper operational condition.
Establish work procedures for fabricating new structural products, using a variety of metalworking machines.
Separate scrap waste and related materials for reuse, recycling, or disposal.
Measure, examine, or test completed units to check for defects and ensure conformance to specifications, using precision instruments, such as micrometers.
Dismantle machines or equipment, using hand tools or power tools to examine parts for defects and replace defective parts where needed.

Related Technology & Tools

Desktop computers
V blocks
Brass hammers
Vernier height gauges
Multi-axis computerized numerical control CNC machines
Arbor presses
Flywheel lathes
Shielded arc welding tools
Tube benders
Pipe wrenches
Parallel blocks
Edge finders
Single-cut mill saw files
Half-round files
Personal digital assistants PDA
Vertical milling machines
Grinding wheel arbors
Engine lathes
Feeler gauges
3-axis computerized numerical control CNC machines
Sine bars
Rubber mallets
Utility knives
Outside micrometers
Broachers
Hermaphrodite calipers
Radius gauges
Screw pitch gauges
Marking blocks
Machinists' squares
Combination drills
Socket wrench sets
Dial indicators
Hand clamps
Drum lathes
Vernier bevel protractors
Swaging tools
Micrometers
Plasma welders
Buffers
Putty knives
Pillar drill machines
Surface grinding machines
Horizontal boring bars
Milling angle form cutters
Side cutting pliers
Workshop cranes
Cold chisels
Forklifts
Beverly shears
Oxyacetylene welding equipment
Phillips head screwdrivers
Outside spring calipers
Square chisels
Magnetic retrievers
Height gauges
Aviation snips
Resurfacing machines
Boring bars
Hand saws
Machine shop rigging equipment
Shapers
Sandblasters
Grinding dogs
Handheld welders
Soldering equipment
Planer gauges
Reamers
Turning lathes
Portable welding equipment
Milling machines
Inside micrometers
Wedges
Flat files
Tongs
Chippers
Chamfer tools
Screwdrivers
Hydraulic presses
Deburring tools
Sensitive drill presses
Computerized numerical control CNC machining centers
Ladders
Inside spring calipers
Heat-treating equipment
Combination wrenches
Spirit levels
Cold saws
Steel rules
Undercut tools
Bandsaws
Personal computers
Platforms
Torches
Pry bars
Brake presses
Combination pliers
Metal cutting taps
Boring tools
Crankshaft grinders
Cylinder honers
Welding shields
Telescoping gauges
Hex keys
Machinists' hammers
Planers
Power drills
Prick punches
Channel lock pliers
Cylindrical grinders
Gauges
Calipers
Jointers
Composition hammers
Power hacksaws
Surface gauges
Metal shears
Hacksaws
Center drills
Metal spray equipment
Metal inert gas MIG welders
Steel wedges
Cutoff saws
Scribers
Angled feeler gauges
Tungsten inert gas TIG welding equipment
Lathes
Centrifugal spin casters
Dial calipers
Horizontal mills
Angle plates
Brazing equipment
Sledgehammers
Radial drills
Laser printers
Turret lathes
Shims
Staging equipment
Milling vises
Adjustable wrenches
Ring gauges
Ball peen hammers
Computerized numerical control CNC turning lathes
Needlenose pliers
Horizontal lathes
Hex wrenches
Sharpening equipment
Ratchet sets
Binocular light compound microscopes
Power sanders
Vernier gear tooth calipers
Knee mills
Vernier calipers
Full face shields
Pipe threaders
Shears
Grinders
Breaker lathes
Radial drill presses
Spindle blade screwdrivers
Chucks
Welding lenses
Anvils
Threading machines
Vertical turret lathes VTL
Punches
Valve grinding machines
Thread gauges

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Microsoft Outlook
CNC Consulting Machinists' Calculator
Microsoft Office
Armchair Machinist software
Computer aided manufacturing CAM software
Microsoft Word
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ERP software
CCG Systems FASTER
Kentech Kipware Studio
Autodesk AutoCAD
CNC TurboCAD/CAM
Kentech Trig Kalculator
CNC Mastercam
EditCNC
Computer aided design CAD software